Pay Day Lending

Mayor Parker deserves s a loud round of applause for pushing a Pay Day Lending Ordinance that would curb and regulate predatory lenders in the City of Houston.

Whether you call them alternative financing, title lenders, or pay-day lenders, these businesses often take advantage of the poor and the vulnerable as a way to generate obscene profits off of those who can least afford it. The people who end up using PDLs are working people, senior citizens, and military families. When these people face difficulty meeting their recurring monthly expenses, they turn to PDLs for what they think is simple short-term loan. But they get much, much, more.

About Mustafa Tameez

Mustafa Tameez is a senior media and public affairs consultant who combines his unique insights into media, politics, and business to advise clients of his firm, Outreach Strategists. Mustafa currently holds a seat on the Unity National Bank Board of Directors, is Chairman of the South Asian Chamber of Commerce and a Senior Fellow with the American Leadership Forum. He is a regular contributor to the Texas Tribune and local FOX26. Texas Monthly named him one of five political players to watch.